Chapter 1528: Perfectly Explaining the Cause and Effect

Wang Sinian went upstairs and opened the door to an office.

Then he wiped the dust, swept the floor, and watered the plants.

Just as Wang Sinian was about to reach out and open the cabinet door containing the equipment, someone suddenly rushed out.

That person slammed the cabinet door shut, squeezed their body in front of Wang Sinian, looked up, and said, "You don't need to wipe this, I'll do it myself!"

Looking at the woman who had suddenly appeared before him, Wang Sinian was somewhat surprised.

By the time he figured out the reason for Xu Xiaoxiao's appearance...

Wang Sinian sneered: "What, you don't trust me?"

A definitive answer was right on the tip of her tongue.

But looking at Wang Sinian's slightly ferocious smile...

Xu Xiaoxiao swallowed and changed her words: "That's not it, I'm just not used to other people touching my things! You aren't allowed to touch anything in this cabinet, go somewhere else."

"That won't do. The director said that the places I'm responsible for must meet hygiene standards, and no dead corners can be left."

"The situation here is special, I'll go talk to the director in a moment!"

"It won't do any good even if you go; this is a decision made by the school, and even the director has no authority to change it."

A decision made by the school?

Is the school so idle that it even has to dictate how Wang Sinian cleans?

Wait a minute!

This doesn't sound like a work assignment, but rather... a punitive measure!!

Having figured this out, Xu Xiaoxiao stared fixedly at Wang Sinian and asked: "What did you do wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Sinian stopped fussing about wiping dust and instead grabbed his cleaning tools and turned to leave.

Just before leaving, he didn't forget to toss the keys onto the table.

It was just that he threw them with quite a bit of force, so the keys wobbled on the table and then fell to the floor.

Xu Xiaoxiao went over to pick them up, not forgetting to grumble: "How inexplicable!"

After leaving the office, Xu Xiaoxiao ran into the director.

The director greeted Xu Xiaoxiao with a smile and walked past.

But Xu Xiaoxiao turned around, caught up, and asked: "Director, let me ask you something."

"Go ahead."

"What did Wang Sinian do to get into trouble, that you had to assign him those tasks as punishment?"

The smile slowly faded from the director's face.

He first sighed, then said with a bit of a headache: "That's not a punishment, it's just to temper his temperament and let him know that the work in every department of the school is not easy."

"Then... there must be a cause."

Xu Xiaoxiao was full of curiosity, hoping to get a definitive answer from the director.

The director, however, said: "I promised Wang Sinian that I wouldn't publicize it."

"Then let me guess, is it... related to that school-wide power outage?"

After Xu Xiaoxiao said this, she stared closely at the director's face, not missing a single micro-expression.

As for the director...

His pupils constricted, and he let out an "Oh my": "I just remembered, I have a meeting, let's not chat for now."

As the words fell, the director turned and walked away.

And Xu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes.

It seems she guessed right!

Actually, this matter wasn't hard to guess.

As long as one inserted Wang Sinian's strange behavior into the events surrounding the power outage, all sorts of small details could be connected.

Finally, one could perfectly explain the cause and effect.

And having reached this conclusion, Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but shake her head.

She wondered why Wang Sinian would pull the power switch?

What good did it do him?

Could it be...

Just to seek a thrill?

If that were really the case, he would truly be a... brat!

But this brat could have refused the punitive measures; quitting would also be very much in line with Wang Sinian's personality traits.

As it turned out...

He actually accepted the school's punitive measures entirely!

And he even completed them very conscientiously!

This was truly mind-boggling.

Xu Xiaoxiao rubbed her chin with her fingers, feeling it was very strange.

Just as Xu Xiaoxiao was deep in thought, her phone chimed.

Taking it out to look, it was a message from Liu Xin'ai, and the content was an invitation for her to come to the Liu Family this Friday for a get-together.

Meeting up with a good sister was naturally no problem.

It was just the location of the gathering... why at the Liu Family?

Hadn't Liu Xin'ai moved in with Qin Yiyan?

Xu Xiaoxiao rubbed her jaw with her fingers, suspicion arising in her heart.

But she did not think for long before she changed the question:

Since she was going to be a guest at someone's home, she couldn't go empty-handed; what did Xu Xiaoxiao need to buy?

She suddenly remembered that Liu Xin'ai had said last time she wanted to buy a set of professional books, but they were quite hard to find.

It just so happened that Xu Xiaoxiao had recently gotten to know some people in the industry because of her own book publication.

Perhaps she could ask them for help.

Thinking this, Xu Xiaoxiao took out her phone to make contact.

As for Wang Sinian's eccentricity... it had already been completely cast to the back of her mind.

When Friday arrived, Xu Xiaoxiao took a heavy box of books to the Liu Family.

After entering the door, she discovered that Liu Qingze was also there.

After exchanging greetings, Xu Xiaoxiao placed the box on the table and took a deep breath.

Liu Qingze was startled by the object, looked it up and down, and asked, "What kind of treasure is this, wrapped up so tightly?"

"Books, the treasure your sister wanted; I managed to hunt them down for her!"

As Xu Xiaoxiao spoke, a look of pride appeared on her face.

Liu Qingze, however, was not impressed, and knitting his brows, he said, "Isn't playing games better? With so many books, when would she ever finish reading them?"

"Hey, your sister likes them. If you put a game and a book in front of her, which one do you think she'd choose?"

Hmm...

There was no need to think; it would definitely be the latter.

And she would read them until she forgot to eat or sleep.

The kind where she gets more excited the more she reads.

Liu Qingze shook his head, thinking to himself that he couldn't enjoy such a high-level hobby.

However... looking at the box, Liu Qingze felt eager to try.

He stood up and tried to lift the box.

He did manage to lift it, but his face turned red from the effort.

Putting the box back down, Liu Qingze couldn't help but exclaim, "You really have amazing arm strength!"

"It's alright; I've moved books even heavier than this."

Liu Qingze stretched his arms and asked, "You seem to quite like reading too?"

"That goes without saying."

"So you and my sister can be considered like-minded; no wonder you've been friends for so many years."

On the journey of life, to have a like-minded friend accompany you for a stretch is truly a blessing.

Xu Xiaoxiao also felt lucky.

It was just that, recalling the beginning of her acquaintance with Liu Xin'ai...

Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but smile and murmur, "Xin'ai and I didn't hit it off immediately either; back then, we even had arguments because we disagreed on things."

This was the first time Liu Qingze had heard of this.

He couldn't help but press, "Really? My sister has such a good temper, she could actually get into an argument?"

"Your sister's temper is good, but when it comes to academic issues, she is quite stubborn."

Speaking of Liu Xin'ai's stubbornness... Liu Qingze also had deep personal experience with that.

Xu Xiaoxiao continued her recollection: "At that time, Xin'ai and I were only casual acquaintances; because of a viewpoint in a thesis, we had a disagreement and even argued until we were red in the face."

"And in the end, who won?"